Team Manager - Application Security | Sydney

Our Why 

Datacom works with organisations and communities across Australia and New Zealand to make a difference in people’s lives and help organisations use the power of tech to innovate and grow. 

Our Team
Our culture is built on passionate individuals who thrive on solving challenges and embrace collaboration. By joining Datacom, you will become part of ANZ’s largest cybersecurity and connectivity services provider, proudly delivering cutting-edge offensive security services to customers. Using your red teaming, penetration testing, and application security expertise, you will help our customers protect their systems and prepare for emerging threats.

About the Role
As a Team Manager within Datacom’s Cybersecurity division, you will be responsible for leading and guiding a team of skilled offensive security professionals. You will play an instrumental role in developing innovative service offerings, helping organisations secure their critical applications and systems, and executing advanced breach and attack simulations to identify vulnerabilities before malicious adversaries can exploit them.

Your focus will encompass leadership, operational efficiency, planning, and delivery of offensive security services, including application security testing, red team engagements, penetration testing projects, and scenario-based attack simulations.

This role is perfect for an individual deeply rooted in offensive security with a passion for uncovering weaknesses, devising solutions, and advocating for secure development practices. You will have the opportunity to shape strategy, build technical capabilities, and lead your team in confronting real-world security challenges while driving customer success.

What You’ll Do

• Take initiative in mentoring, coaching, and developing a team of offensive security professionals, building their expertise in red teaming, penetration testing, and breach simulation practices.
• Actively engage with customers, demonstrating a hands-on approach to offensive security engagements, and providing expert advice on bolstering application and system defenses.
• Lead the delivery of Datacom’s offensive security offerings, including advanced red teaming exercises, vulnerability assessments, penetration tests, and threat simulation services.
• Collaborate across teams to promote innovation, improve service delivery, and align offensive security practices with evolving customer needs and market demands.
• Foster relationships with technology vendors to expand and strengthen offensive security capabilities and tools.
• Manage team resources, workload allocation, priority setting, and pipeline planning to maintain operational efficiency and ensure client satisfaction.

What You’ll Bring

• A strong technical background in offensive security disciplines, including practical experience in red teaming, penetration testing, and application security.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and tools such as OWASP, MITRE ATT&CK, or similar methodologies.
• Hands-on expertise in breach and attack simulations, vulnerability discovery, and secure coding practices.
• At least 7+ years of cybersecurity experience, with a minimum of 5+ years dedicated to offensive security or application security engagements.
• Relevant certifications such as OSCP, CRTO, CREST certifications, or similar qualifications to showcase your technical acumen.
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to inspire, develop, and manage a high-performing team of professionals.

Why Join Us Here at Datacom?

Datacom is one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services. We have managed to maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It's our people that give Datacom its unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us.

We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as social events, chill-out spaces, remote working, flexi-hours and professional development courses to name a few. You’ll have the opportunity to learn, develop your career, connect and bring your true self to work. You will be recognised and valued for your contributions and be able to do your work in a collegial, flat-structured environment. We operate at the forefront of technology to help Australia and New Zealand’s largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their greatest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities.

We want Datacom to be an inclusive and welcoming workplace for everyone and take pride in the steps we have taken and continue to take to make our environment fun and friendly, and our people feel supported.